What is the Water Cycle?

Liquid water turning into water vapor is called--

• condensation

• evaporation

• distillation

• precipitation

When water evaporates, it turns into a gas called-

• vapor

• liquid

• particles

• moisture

About what fraction of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?

• One quarter

• One half

• Three quarters

• nine tenths

When water vapor cools down it changes into water droplets and forms a --

• cloud

• puddle

• reservoir

• hurricane

True or False: All the water on Earth has been here since the planet first formed.

• True

• False

Water vapor changing into liquid water is called-

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• absorption

True or False: In some cases it can take over a million droplets to form just one raindrop.

• True

• False

If the air around a cloud is very cold, the water droplets freeze. They become tiny bits of ice that stick together and make-

• icicles

• pellets

• snowflakes

• molecules

True or False: Some clouds may be as high as eight miles above the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

True or False: The higher you get in the sky, the colder the air gets.

• True

• False